Show THE ONLY J 0 KILLING t that troubled the sheriff by F A MITCHEL 1 1 4 copyright 1910 10 by american im 6 jl t association H ta M 4 t jjr tt t t jake o 0 lis a 0 sheriff in the then territory tf dakota he ile had bad tan taxi I 1 wl ed kuolt alive and dead than huy other sheriff but it must be admit lid that by far the larger num ber t re amad when captured for very few of tit them bt bt taken alive ile ides lio dulan alan t f take any chancia for nn tin udler r of I 1 ati lit was wils no jore laim immune line froin from ther ople kople K than any one else I 1 once bilm it if he bad had anny shrIn shrinking Ling at killing ono one of them theta or uny any lie ile replied that if it bo be bad been built bat that way they have landed bilm instead of hit hk landing tit them but til IN re was oie oje killin he said that ha 4 troubled me we ever since I 1 wake up nights ome time and get io to about it and always feel ibe samp same aickin about tho beart it was thi this way before wan was made sheriff I 1 was vr orkin on a rand owned by a gen tic trian HS tin had come ont from tle the past eo tt ile had lon a banker or somei n like that but had riven given up tip the business to bring 1 hl hla daugh daughtie tir a little gal about nineteen who was threatened with out here hopin the dry air would du do her rood good blavin plenty of leoncy the natural thing ter him to do waa w to buy a ranch and stock it but he tie athin about that t incept to elve give him to do he ile waa was bound up tip in his dauab ter susie just as everybody else wan was talk about heart beart winner winners susie could laughter slaughter inore people that way than any one I 1 tyer seen there any one on the ranch or offa it that a dose 0 lead fer ter her A 1 I hever could tell aist what it vs about her tuat twit had bad this effect but I 1 allowed the principal part of it wai was that her beart went out to every body hen they wae was to do fer ter her nhe she was worrying wor because they waa was orvn their way on her account be idea sides delicate people allu allus attract strong brou trou onee onea susie wa was eu so frail trail ibe she looked as if the fust ut good wind that blew would carry her away but besides all thia this thur wa was win wig about her that no one could reck reek oo 00 ou on I 1 kot got ahead of every one else with her this way I 1 owned a blooded mare that was wa ai a i easy vian managed aged au a kitten and could git nione along like the wind bothin sus sits e liked betteen bet tern to ride on horseback but she lie ride any other bore borm than my kate cate I 1 used to go with clr lots 0 timea times fer ter her fa in ther lit itt her so go alone and didn t ike like to have her go under the care ol 01 0 any one else I 1 was only about ten year years older than susie and unmarried but laws id as soon cat cal j T iwlew 7 IW fEW at oa on maun lore to ome some gal as ame come down from hN IVen but this didn dian matter no how fer fr there wae was a you joing ig rent as bad had left college to to ta ti run chin that susie bad had met and to in our ride rides together sho got 1 ot bilal with me end und tolo tole me nil hit about it tole me when the feller teller lo 10 aih 1 elf t know bothin at ell all t lit it la in fac I 1 was the only o 0 pw mou ng its it except the little xa I 1 ile rd f alil oung man a dick calcott Val Ual cott ra it it m wib u 4 a matter 0 fifty miles from rom murii i lilt it was known an the i ln too canth from suites susies father wh alif it but alcott used to onie coytr frequent fre quint maelu ex i t 4 nil fill file hi time to sm see husic t th it ho how the young feller teller was arii still 1 in lit her lie ile would any tiny thou thile hie tin crt on the ground alfre tit li r silt tole me she let ou A h cared any nion lore fer ter him than any one otie taso i la because she strong and 1 healthy and wasn gasn t billin to pull ana a linn inin down by marlyin him aist think 0 thin till angel coddin ahli to a rough feller teller like ne when nobody el knowell it if waa was one 0 the berdery in mr sir courtneys Courtn employ that was a bid 9 1 e ile tuk ink some sort 0 malice wallce ngia agin young I 1 didn dian t know the nimon at nt arst I 1 jilt reckoned that walcott had treated him like the bloot he lie was herdti jim was not only a Iw Erful win but was one 0 the and straightest shots I 1 ever acen seen I 1 allus allowed that if I 1 bad had a Ila with him I 1 do much ale cpin but would kep iny guy right eye on him continually till tho the fracas t waa was iset I 1 waa as sorry hed gumti aela agin Na allott kott for walcott was no mattli fer ter him whatever what evermore briore of a feller teller tp t handle ljoka than wolver find 1 you I 1 wan t chinkin of eliott tl iott I 1 was fearful fei irful for susie surle knowin mighty well that if it anything happened lo 10 him it would knok her into luto N t 11 die tie day lay I 1 the he secret of sti i cattle out with a a en geane susie edme to nn me all of it flu flutter tier an I 1 a wringing wr ingin f lier tier hand und and suld sl I 1 id jim st jt 4 liaa has left hilare to po go to the walcot ranch to kill dick astler him made love to me 11 vant ant that galoot mude made love to you 11 11 CH em ind tind of t ourse nurse I 1 xi t Is ten to it lit hnz infernal ernil how bow I 1 feel toward DI dik k and be he went ably may ny ini ing he h would kill rick dick this very night 1 can I t you di do something to atop stop hamy itow illow long hits be he been cone gone nearly tao two hour chy INN by didn dian t you tell me before r 11 1 I didn dian I 1 think of telling you without another word I 1 ran to tte the barn and got out kate cate addled saddled her mounted and wv about to tide ride away when ausle ame up pantin she put hr her arms about kates neck and eald said kate hate dehr dear take him in time to t a tre him fur for wy sake and ill love you forever not to tone tose time I 1 broke awny away from her I 1 seen blood on her lips and I 1 knowel ehst th excitement or the 1 to the bi u or both had broucht on a hemorrhage don t kill K kate ate I 1 heard nay say and that waa as the thi last for then I 1 was out 0 hearin 1 I 1 leaned down on the mares neck 1 and patted her and said ter yer doln ahli for bule and I 1 know alo to yer best I 1 reckon sue understood for abe be aist got down to a steady galt that ahe she could koep kp all day and reel met off the mile miles while she waa was a doln doin la in 1 I knowel life depended on my gitten there aa as eoon soon as an fer ter I 1 dido t reckon briggs would give bis his enemy any ills III way ay was to rido up behind it mail alake a dhow 0 givin hini filut a t hail I 1 bi b ullin mit lit tu to him and nd him lip lie uld turn lini got a 11 gromi al ecart 0 rne rite and he ner neer ne r nide a poor hone hut but be he llila didn t khurt nn tin one was after him blui beles II 11 would be nip and tuck with roe we to overhaul him kate kept her steady aft till we got within about five miles 0 the lancott Val lal cott ranch when a across cross the gruarin ground I 1 saw brigg ridin along at a good pace then I 1 raid taid to my mare now or never kate hate remember Ile member what w hat susie suile laid said to you she snowed what I 1 waa was a sayin and ahe got over the ground like a greyhound ne e was within a mile 0 the tile ranch when st a oft soft bit 0 ground the mare stumbled and fell me over ler licad head I 1 tried to pull her up but it was no use her tier left foreleg wai wa broke 1 asid my own on lg the rest 0 the v way ay I 1 jeand the ranch in tine time to see 1 latin talu down the bare bars to go in As bad luck would bare have it there waa was abott stand lu with ith hta his back to jim batchin a man who waa was a horse home through bla hu paces I 1 seen remount and ride up toward the tile man in the yard his tits revolver at the same time before artin et there might be 0 n for a long range shot id hakel a winchester Muc liester tu to my wid die dle and brought it from here acate must a blen 1200 1 to giboo yard 4 away but I 1 knew val dial cott s lift life depended on my braingin br ingin hia his enney down at that distance I 1 t took ook a good aim tired fired and tumbled M it ilia hartse ilie narrator to light a pipe I 1 sill slit puse pose I 1 said I 1 this Is thi killing you referred to that has always alays troubled you lou ou excused e the be man because hi bt acted from love I 1 I 1 troubled about killin jim not lot much its another killia that bother bothers me s soon us as I 1 been teen drop I 1 went ent back tol to kate Cate she had saved the man wan susie loved ani susie bad hail told vav me not glut to kill ler but thi re was 84 kate hate alyin on her side with a broken leg chere ot but ne thing to do with witt a boref home in that shoot hini him kate hate when she aa saw me comin bloused blou led and when I 1 reached her wire in a mighty sad look in her eye ey e bhe she waa was an intelligent animal and knowel that it v is all up with her I 1 tuk ink my guy from its case tase kate glanced at it and at me it ever a aid maid in plain language do don t k kill I 1 11 IC kate at e that horse said aid it or was as it because I 1 wa wai 4 seela the little girl stan ln there with ith the drop of blood ou on her lip the death mark anil and heard her any it ag 09 in t I 1 I 1 scarcely thail I 1 in the kind 0 man tu to bf be chaleu hearted leasta ways I 1 t mind cuttin it doirs throat afar it chia it looks appt alln like outer its soft eyes but I 1 showed the tile whit feuche at kate nd I 1 neier neer could tell whether it wn mot itou e I 1 loved nate or whether I 1 o 0 u 4 lous clum estnick ut at hailu basin to ao 10 buk ou on the tile little gal that tolo tole me ate not to kill her I 1 walked fer ter a ff fe rods then turned and tome come back A alu I 1 did that I 1 could it her tier head off I 1 put the c 0 my reveller revolver to her tier brain pulled the trig ger and fired all it the while sin was lookin lit mv ats 11 4 tu to ally muth mut h ged I 1 walked four tu to a houst bor aryed a aliade went ent back and I 1 aried kate 1 ante itan I 1 balked till the WB wa back bach to tie tle courtin rauch I 1 gasn t in a hurry burry to git ti cIther L 1 ut aw au q 1 4 I 1 wouldn t a battu if it iaan wasn t to ull till ausle that man nian she the loved had been ba baud id be med us as if I 1 d only done it lulf alf iv i blui v hit tie i anted me tile to do I 1 bad stopped 4 from doln any damart but I 1 tind had killed kate annl when I 1 got gt g t to tin ratch 1 I seen smil hid fild tm ined lvery bod bud hiis it 4 lout lii frijey tole tol me we sul iad hat bt 10 en bueti ha in tole iii it too that she o 0 wait in ter file ti tu omy ouie hack hicl and I 1 was to go right i tj i to ncr tier us jig soon as 1 botre coice mif whets I 1 ett into the room where she rhe n 4 slit wi I 1 it was nil fill over with her tier she he askani 1 mth lilt hi hr r et es if f I 1 id d jot ot there in timo uniti 1 aid bihin off it its s all right slip ickard halev it minute then mao mau ft nad ed to pity ant fifty I 1 fold told tile lit I 1 ever tolt in in hf h n nil I 1 I 1 too w mw after that ohp rh I 1 in 0 kate mate iq fie vie only one 0 my 14 that wean on oil me but I 1 doot toot know exactly ii abat hat the dreamt it I 1 Is lf tta 0 kate or bf be 11 seiw |